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Saturday, December 28, 2002 · Mellon Arena

Canadiens 2 at Penguins 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 92OVR Martin Straka Penguins First Star 2G · 4 SOG R 95OVR Alex Kovalev Rangers Second Star 2A · 3 SOG C 71OVR Milan Kraft Penguins Third Star 1G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:55 Chad Kilger (6) Andreas Dackell (9), Patrice Brisebois (13) · Wrist MTL 1 – 0 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 0:45 Milan Kraft (3) Marc Bergevin (3), Alex Kovalev (28) · Tip-in MTL 1 – 1 PIT
  2. 2:02 Martin Straka (9) PPG Alex Kovalev (29) · Wrist MTL 1 – 2 PIT
  3. 12:10 Martin Straka (10) Jan Hrdina (17), Mario Lemieux (46) · Wrist MTL 1 – 3 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 18:01 Craig Rivet (4) Saku Koivu (21), Jan Bulis (10) · Backhand MTL 2 – 3 PIT

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT +/- TOI GS
Chad Kilger L 1 0 3 0 0 12:36 0.98
Craig Rivet D 1 0 4 0 0 21:02 0.90
Saku Koivu C 0 1 1 0 0 20:21 0.70
Patrice Brisebois D 0 1 1 0 0 26:40 0.70
Andreas Dackell R 0 1 0 0 0 14:56 0.63
Jan Bulis C 0 1 4 1 0 14:42 0.63
Ron Hainsey D 0 0 1 0 +1 14:27 0.22
Richard Zednik R 0 0 2 0 0 20:52 0.15
Joe Juneau C 0 0 1 0 0 17:01 0.08
Patrick Traverse D 0 0 1 0 0 21:22 0.08
Randy Mckay R 0 0 0 0 0 9:53 0.00
Sylvain Blouin L 0 0 0 0 0 2:09 0.00
Mike Ribeiro C 0 0 0 0 0 6:34 0.00
Donald Audette R 0 0 2 0 0 15:10 0.00
Doug Gilmour C 0 0 0 0 0 20:35 0.00
Yanic Perreault C 0 0 0 0 0 19:55 0.00
Karl Dykhuis D 0 0 0 0 0 10:39 0.00
Andrei Markov D 0 0 2 0 -1 24:40 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jeff Hackett L 29 26 3 .897 59:34 0.35

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT +/- TOI GS
Martin Straka C 2 0 4 0 -1 21:45 1.65
Alex Kovalev R 0 2 3 0 0 22:20 1.33
Milan Kraft C 1 0 4 0 +1 15:39 1.20
Marc Bergevin D 0 1 1 0 +1 20:38 0.85
Mario Lemieux C 0 1 3 0 -1 20:15 0.70
Jan Hrdina C 0 1 0 0 0 19:47 0.63
Ian Moran D 0 0 5 1 0 18:34 0.38
Michal Sivek C 0 0 1 1 +1 16:42 0.22
Michal Rozsival D 0 0 1 0 +1 21:38 0.22
Ville Nieminen L 0 0 2 0 0 9:46 0.15
Kent Manderville C 0 0 1 0 0 11:05 0.08
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 2 0 0 12:47 0.00
Dan Lacouture L 0 0 0 0 0 6:11 0.00
Jamie Pushor D 0 0 2 0 -1 17:59 0.00
Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 0 0 20:58 0.00
Shean Donovan R 0 0 0 0 0 10:39 -0.15
Steve McKenna L 0 0 0 0 0 5:28 -0.15
Hans Jonsson D 0 0 0 0 -1 17:51 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jean-Sebastien Aubin W 22 20 2 .909 60:00 0.50